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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suspected Ventilator-Associated ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
CAPD-associated ... • 15-35% Gram negative ... Questions @WuidQ #CAPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
intracellular gram negative ... cage cleaning Symptoms ... : • Classic symptoms ... microbiology #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative ... common cause of: CAP ... Urine antigen in CAP ... addition might be associated ... microbiology #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD ... Hypomagnesia -> The relative ... and/or x-ray - CPPD ... Disease #Signs #Symptoms ... #Pathophysiology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... fastidious gram-negative ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... tularensis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Metformin Associated ... Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... also includes symptoms ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... About CPPD When ... disease states Pathophysiology ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... #Gout #Comparison
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
as Asthma and COPD ... useful when A-fib associated ... to improve CHF symptoms ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... constitutional symptoms ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... Usual therapeutic management ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison